LITERARY NEWS.
Among Mr. Murray's forthcoming books are "The Great Sahara, or Wanderings south of the Atlas Mountains," by H. B. Tristram; "Lin- coin's Inn Sermons," by Wm. Thomson, D.D.; and " Sunday : its Ori- gin, History, and pre:,ent Obligations considered," by the Reverend James Augustus Healey, D.C.L.
A work on "Christian Architecture in Italy between the Fourth and Fifteenth Century," by W. S. Okely, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- bridge ; and "Facts and Figures relating to Vancouver Island and Bri- tish Columbia," by J. D. Pemberton, are preparing for publication by Messrs. Longman and Co.
Mr. Bentley has nearly ready "Researches and Discoveries made during a Residence of Seven Years in the Levant and in the islands of Mytilene and Rhodes," by C. T. Newton ; and " Chapters on Precious Stones, and some of the most remarkable persons and events connected with them," by Madame de Biarera.
Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co., have in the press "Scripture Lands in Connexion with their History," by the Reverend G. S. Drew ; " Turkish Life and Character," by Mr. Walter Thombury ; and " Over the Cliffs," a novel, by Mrs. Charter, sister of the author of "Alton Locke."
Messrs. Saunders and Orley announce as forthcoming "Summer Songs," by Mortimer Collins ; " Texts for Talkers," by Frank Fowler; and Crispin Ken, or Passages in the Life of a Clergyman," by the author of " Miriam May."
" The story of Burnt Njal," a translation from the Icelandic of the Njal Saga, by G. W. Dasent; and " Popular Tales of the West High- lands, orally collected, with a translation," by J. F. Campbell, are pre- paring for publication by Messrs. Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh.
Messrs. Atchley and Co. have in the press " Steam on Common Roads," by Mr. C. T. E. Young, C.E., with a sketch of the history and progress of this application of steam-power in the United States, by A. L. Holley, C.E., of New York.
" Voltaire a Ferney," a volume of Unpublished Letters by Voltaire, edited by M. Evariste Bayeux, and published by Messrs. Didier and Co., Paris, contains, among other letters, the writer's complete Correspond- ence with the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha.
The Historical Society of France is preparing for publication the " Journal et Memoires du Marquis d'Argenson," edited by M. Fremy and the " Memoires inedits d'Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne," edited by M. Mavidal, librarian of the Corps Legislatif.
Messrs. Michel Levy, freres, Paris, have bought out an " Histoire de r Art de la Guerre avant r usage de la Poudre," by M. Duparcq; and a " Dictionnaira Historique des Ordres de Chevalerie," by M. de Genonillac.
Messrs. Hachette and Co., Paris, have brought out "Excursions dans I'Inde," by M. Devine ; and "Des Doctrines Religieuses des Juifs pen- dant les deux 'necks anterieurs a Pere Chretienue," by M. Nicolas. A volume of "Etudes sur r Algerie, sur Mehemet, et sur le Koran," by M. Lefloch, has been published by M. Dentu, Paris. It is intended chiefly to be an exposition of the Mahometan creed and the Koran, which, the author says, is much talked of, but little known in France. A new work by Professor Lepsius, entitled " Beriihrungspunkte der Aegyptisehen, Griechischen, and ROmischen Chronologie," (Connecting Points between Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Chronology,) has been published by Messrs. Decker and Co., Berlin.
Messrs. Brockhaus, Leipzig, have brought out the first volume, in quarto, of " Reisen and Forschungen im Amurlande, in 1854-56," (Tra- vels and Researches in the country of the Amoor' in 1854-56,) by L. von Schrenck. The work is a translation from the Russian, published simul- taneously at St. Petersburg.
At Gotha has been published a " Geschichte der Chirurgie von dem Urzeiten bis zum Anfang des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts," (History of Surgery from the most Ancient Times up to the beginning of the Eight- eenth Century,) by Dr. J. W. L. Gruender.
"Die Volkskrankheiteu in ihrer Abhangigkeit von den Witterungs- verhaltnissen," (The Diseases of the People as Dependent upon Climate and Temperature,) is the title of a work by Dr. K. Haller' Vienna, stated to be based on the observation of ten years in the chief hospitals of Austria.
The sixth volume of the Complete Works of Leibnitz, edited, from the original MSS. in the library of Hanover, by Dr. G. Pertz, has been pub- lished at Berlin. It contains the mathematical writings of the author.
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